Latest from Bay of Plenty

Live: Anxious Covid wait for Tauranga port workers; no new community cases today

More details are expected about a Covid outbreak on a container ship off Tauranga.

Leaving a generation to the 'scrap heap': Child poverty soars

"If we give up, say it's too hard, we are consigning a generation to the scrap heap."

Another Rotorua store targeted as Bay of Plenty records increase in car thefts, ram-raids

Rotorua's FreshChoice is the latest victim in a string of property damage incidents.

$6.5m in unpaid rates owed to Western Bay of Plenty council

The council says a significant portion of unpaid rates is related to Māori freehold land.

'I know what I've put in': Lisa Carrington on becoming NZ's most successful Olympian

"Those scary things you don't want to look at ... there's some gold on the other side."

Bryce Heard: Why are farmers frustrated? We've got short memories

OPINION: Many of today's farmers are the grandchildren of people like my father.

Four deaths, five days: How a rampage has left families broken

Three heartbroken mothers speak out about coping with their loved ones' brutal deaths.

Local Focus: Rotorua's male midwife says gender is irrelevant

One of only eight male midwives across the country. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Students learn about collaboration and environmental sustainability

Students plant 1500 native trees to protect the harbour and habitat for native birds.

Hotel guests' cars destroyed in suspicious blaze

What started as one car fire reportedly spread to others.

Local Focus: From collection to compost but no plastic please

See what happens to Tauranga's food waste. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'I imprisoned myself': Miss Rotorua contestant's inspiring story

Pageant contestant Anita Paul is a single mother of six children.

'Too scared to move': Rental shortage and price hikes hit Tauranga and Rotorua

Majority of landlords cared about their tenants but were regarded as 'evil' and 'greedy'.

Dairy labour shortage: 'I'm doing 16 hours a day minimum'

''If you are in a shop you can lose a customer so be it, but you can't lose a cow.''

'100% cured': Kiwi woman's life-saving US surgery

Melody Klein Ovink is now focused on learning to walk and use her right hand again.

Chasing the mace: Have the Black Caps made up for past failures?

NZ cricketers embark on a week-long tour in celebration of their Test Championship win.

'It feels like half of me is gone': Crash victim's husband gives emotional statement

Pastor sentenced for causing the death of a nurse who cared for Whakaari victims.

'No punishment in this world can be big enough': Life imprisonment for double murders

A jury had found Samuel Fane guilty of murdering Paul Lasslett and Nicholas Littlewood.